Some 60 drawings by Henri Matisse went under the hammer at Christie’s on October 8, raising more than $2.5 million to benefit New York art nonprofits. Titled Henri Matisse: Lines of Connection, the ...
Henri Matisse, “ Le cheval, l’écuyère, et le clown (The Horse, the Rider, and the Clown),” plate V of XX, from Jazz, 1947, Pochoir (stencil) on Arches paper, 16 3/4” x 25 3/5” (© 2015 Succession H.
Henri Matisse - Femme en fauteuil (Woman in a chair), 1935 Pencil on paper 346.203120 (c) 2014 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Visitors ...
Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen” is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from Wednesday, May 20 through Sept.
Reporting from NEW YORK — At the end of World War II, when Europe was recovering from the onslaught, the great French artist Henri Matisse was recovering from personal battles. Matisse, then in his ...
Matisse, “Still Life with Purro I” (1904) and “Still Life with Purro II” (1904–05) (all images courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) By displaying multiple versions of the same painting or subject ...
, on view at the BMA through Jan. 19, play a similar role, as if a dad were to whip out a sketchbook full of little drawings of his kid. Only, that dad is one of the most famous artists of the 20th ...
Today, American artist Ellsworth Kelly and Frenchman Henri Matisse are recognized as two of the most significant artists of the 20th century. Yet, their lifetimes overlapped for a mere 21 years; ...
The artist Ellsworth Kelly said that Pablo Picasso made him want to paint, but Henri Matisse made him want to draw. In 2014, Kelly was given access to Matisse’s drawings in the Pierre and Tana Matisse ...
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art has a new exhibit of art books by Henri Matisse. The French artist created a number of these books in the latter part of his life in the 1930s and 1940s. Bechtler ...
Reporting from NEW YORK — When Henri Matisse (1869-1954) finished his breakthrough painting “The Joy of Life,” he was 36. A new century was just getting underway, and he flung open a door to an ...
The painter Henri Matisse made his name by putting brush to canvas. And when chronic illness made painting difficult, he made his mark all over again by putting scissors to paper. Martha Teichner ...